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Culver City Offering Free High-efficiency Toilets to Residents

                              (Photograph: Curt Teich Postcard Archives/Getty Images)

Culver City residents have an opportunity to receive up to two free high-efficiency toilets by participating in a one-day event in Culver City on Saturday, February 4, 2012. This water conservation program is…

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Added by Scupine on February 2, 2012 at 6:00pm — 3 Comments

Ana Bagayan Show Opens at Thinkspace Gallery in Culver City

Ana Bagayan new show, “There is Time to Kill Today,” opens at Thinkspace in Culver City this Saturday, February 4th, from 5 pm to 8 pm. The public is welcome. The show will showcase new paintings, drawings and the debut of a new series of charcoal works on…

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Added by Scupine on February 1, 2012 at 6:00pm — No Comments

First Look: Plans for the New Gehry-designed Jazz Bakery in Culver City

At the Culver City Council meeting on Monday, the City Council approved a commitment letter with the Jazz Bakery for the sale of the city-owned property located at 9814 Washington Boulevard. According to the agreement, the property is given at no cost to the Jazz Bakery with the understanding that they will develop on the site a state-of-the-art jazz venue with 250…

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Added by Scupine on February 1, 2012 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Culver City Chamber of Commerce Endorses Four Candidates for City Council

At the Candidate Forum held Tuesday, January 31, by the Culver City Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors where they heard from all six candidates for Culver City Council the board endorsed four candidates, Current Mayor Mehaul O’Leary, Councilmember Andy Weissman, Jim B. Clarke and former councilmember Scott Malsin.

"The four endorsed candidates showed the…

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Added by Scupine on January 31, 2012 at 6:00pm — 2 Comments

Jazz Bakery Will Get a New Frank Gehry-designed 250-Seat Theater in Downtown Culver City

Thanks to an agreement ratified at this Monday's Culver City Council meeting, the Jazz Bakery will be returning to Culver City in a new Frank Gehry-designed, 250-seat theater at 9814 Washington Boulevard.

According to the agreement, the property was given to the Jazz Bakery at no cost, with the understanding that they will develop on the site according to plans the Jazz…

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Added by Scupine on January 30, 2012 at 8:47pm — No Comments

Parcel B and Centinela/Washington Properties Sold

Tasked with maintaining the city's vision for Parcel B (9300 Culver Blvd, above) and the Market Hall at Centinela & Washington in the wake of the state's elimination of redevelopment agencies, the Culver City Council voted on Monday to sell the properties to developers who have agreed to construct the already-vetted and -approved plans on each of the…

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Added by Scupine on January 30, 2012 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Listen: Bullseye Podcast Profiles Culver City's Museum of Jurassic Technology

The Museum of Jurassic Technology in Culver City has been getting lots of love lately. Earlier this month, the New York Times profiled the museum. Now the always-entertaining Bullseye podcast, hosted by Jesse Thorn, offers a 10-minute analysis of the museum by Lawrence Weschler, author of Mr. Wilson's Cabinet Of Wonder: Pronged Ants,…

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Added by Scupine on January 30, 2012 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Where Am I in Culver City? Game 021

Every other friday, I'll post a picture of something in Culver City that is 'hiding in plain sight.'

This time, the question is: Do you know where in Culver CIty this figure who exhorts us to "Start your adventure today" is? If you know, enter your response in the comments box of this post! I'll reveal the answer in two Fridays, when I post a new…

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Added by Scupine on January 27, 2012 at 6:00pm — 3 Comments

"Tilt-Shift LA: New Queer Perspectives on the Western Edge" Open at Luis De Jesus Gallery in Culver City

“Tilt-Shift LA: New Queer Perspectives on the Western Edge,” opens at Luis De Jesus Gallery in Culver City this Saturday, January 28th, from 6 pm to 9 pm. The public is welcome. A series of free programs will be presented at the gallery during the run of the exhibition, including an…

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Added by Scupine on January 26, 2012 at 6:00pm — No Comments

“Manifest Destiny” Photography Exhibition Opens at Analog Salon in the Hayden Tract in Culver City

"Manifest Destiny," a photographic exhibition featuring eight artists opens this Saturday night, the 28th, from 6 pm to 9 pm at the Analog Salon in Culver CIty. It is open to the public. Music will be provided by Ethnomusicologist Marlon Fuentes.

Participating artists include Randi Berez, Claudio Cambon, Larry S. Clark, Nicholas Alan Cope, Amanda Friedman,…

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Added by Scupine on January 26, 2012 at 6:00pm — No Comments

MAJOR ENDORSEMENTS ROLLING IN FOR SAHLI-WELLS

Meghan Sahli-Wells' campaign for Culver City Council is gaining momentum after winning endorsements from U.S. Representative Karen Bass, State Assemblymember Holly Mitchell, Culver City Council Member and former Mayor Christopher Armenta, and all five Culver City School Board members: Karlo Silbiger, Katherine Paspalis, Patricia Siever, Laura Chardiet and Nancy…

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Added by James Klein on January 26, 2012 at 10:54am — No Comments

What Would Los Angeles Look Like Without Redevelopment Agencies?

recent post on the CurbedLA blog offered a startling visual representation of the effect of redevelopment agencies on the city's landscape. The picture above is what the Los Angeles skyline would look like if…
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Added by Scupine on January 25, 2012 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Who is Aaron Swerdlow?

Aaron Swerdlow is Equitas Investments, LLC and Festival Development Partners, LLC. He has invested in 4436 Sepulveda Boulevard and wants to build a 7-Eleven. It would be Culver City's sixth 7-Eleven and would also be five short blocks from a "Mom and Pop" convenience store known as Overland Mini Mart.

http://www.equitasinvestments.com/index.html

Read about his company, their approach and what they have…

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Added by Bryan and Tongo on January 24, 2012 at 10:37pm — 1 Comment

Culver City Community Scholarship Fund Launches Website

The Culver City Community Scholarship Fund, a nonprofit organization that seeks out and maintains funds to be given as scholarships to graduating seniors from Culver City HIgh School and Culver Park High School, has launched a website: …

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Added by Scupine on January 24, 2012 at 6:32pm — No Comments

CULVER CITY GREAT PARKS ASSOCIATION offers PARK and PLAYGROUND FAN CLUBS

The Culver City Great Parks Association is actively seeking new CCGP Board members as well as residents from Culver City Park and Playground neighborhoods who want to be engaged in the best interests of their neighborhood park by joining a FAN Club.  Details below in Park Neighborhoods.…

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Added by Culver City Great Parks Assn on January 24, 2012 at 12:30pm — No Comments

LA Wave Reviews Batch Restaurant & Bar

Batch Restaurant & Bar in the Art District of Culver City opened in late-December. The restaurant's executive chef is Salvador Roldan of Ford's Filling Station, and its specialty cocktails are created by Mat Gries of Church & State, the french bistro in downtown Los Angeles.

Staff writer Leiloni de Gruy, in the…

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Added by Scupine on January 19, 2012 at 6:00pm — No Comments

MEGHAN SAHLI-WELLS MAKES IT OFFICIAL!

The Culver City Council candidate submitted election documents at City Hall on Tuesday following a standing room only campaign launch event on Sunday. 

Meghan Sahli-Wells filed papers on Tuesday that will place her name on the ballot for Culver City Council. The longtime community volunteer is running for one of four Council seats up…

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Added by James Klein on January 19, 2012 at 1:10pm — 1 Comment

Former Car Dealership at Sepulveda and Washington in Culver City Will Be Turned Into Retail Space

The former car dealership on the southeast corner of Sepulveda and Washington Boulevard in Culver City will be remodeled and transformed into retail space, according to a representative of owner Continental Development Corporation. The company is in negotiations with Starbucks, Chase Bank, Chipotle,…

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Added by Scupine on January 18, 2012 at 5:42pm — No Comments

Former Vice Mayor Scott Malsin Announces His Candidacy for Culver City Council

Retired City Councilman Scott Malsin filed his candidacy papers with the City Clerk this morning, and soon thereafter he officially announced his candidacy in the April 2012 Culver City Council campaign.

Here's what Malsin had to say:

"Throughout the last several weeks, I have spoken to hundreds of community members about Culver City's future. People are…

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Added by Scupine on January 17, 2012 at 6:00am — 2 Comments

Jonathan Gold Reviews the Westfield Mall Food Court

In the lastest issue of LA Weekly, food reviewer Jonathan Gold examines the "intersection of cuisine and big business" that is the food court at a mall…

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Added by Scupine on January 16, 2012 at 6:00am — No Comments

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